| Just as obesity has become a rampant sickness | | | | symptoms of rapid weight loss are thyroid |
| that can strike anyone at any age, so does rapid | | | | problems, diabetes, tuberculosis, and even cancer. |
| weight loss. Because of the pressures of being | | | | Mental disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are |
| thin mainly imposed (indirectly) by media, many | | | | also possible answers to symptoms of rapid, |
| Americans are coming up with different means to | | | | unintentional, weight loss. |
| lose weight. Some are determined to find a short | | | | Hyperthyroidism |
| cut to losing weight, believing products and | | | | One of the common culprits that lead to rapid and |
| methods that claim to help people lose weight | | | | unintentional weight loss is hyperthyroidism. This |
| fast and painless. However, research has shown | | | | condition results when too much thyroid hormone |
| that rapid weight loss is unhealthy and even | | | | is in the bloodstream. Symptoms associated with |
| ineffective. | | | | this condition include anxiety, heart palpitations), |
| Weight loss: the basics | | | | sweating, rapid and unintentional weight loss, and |
| Weight loss, in medical terms, is the reduction of | | | | diarrhea among others. |
| one's total body weight. Losing weight, coupled | | | | Treating hyperthyroidism |
| with a balanced diet, is the effective cure to | | | | Hyperthyroidism has a cure. It can be treated in |
| obesity. There are two kinds of weight loss: the | | | | different ways depending on why the thyroid is |
| unintentional and intentional weight loss. | | | | overactive and the age of the patient. Some of |
| Intentional weight loss | | | | the means to treat an overactive thyroid include |
| Intentional weight loss is a conscious effort to lose | | | | medications that decrease the production of |
| weight. A healthy means of intentional weight loss | | | | thyroid hormone or by surgical removal of part of |
| involves a balanced diet and regular exercise. | | | | the thyroid gland. |
| Determining a healthy weight means computing | | | | Other relievers |
| for your body mass index (BMI), or the | | | | Apart from hyperthyroidism, other complications |
| proportion of your height and weight. | | | | that result in unintended and rapid weight loss |
| Once you have cut down on your weight, | | | | include tuberculosis, diabetes, and cancer. |
| maintenance is important. Several weight loss | | | | Each of these conditions has a cure. |
| centers and clinics can help direct you in the path | | | | 1. Treating TB - The best way to treat TB is |
| of healthy weight loss. | | | | through regular and constant medication that can |
| Unintentional weight loss | | | | last up to months. |
| Meanwhile, unintentional weight loss is an | | | | 2. Disciplining diabetes - Diabetes requires a strict |
| unconscious means of losing weight. This occurs | | | | diet, exercise, and medication to maintain your |
| mostly as a result of sickness or physical | | | | blood sugar levels. |
| complications. One of the symptoms of | | | | 3. Detecting cancer - Early detection of cancer is |
| unintentional weight loss is the rapid dropping of | | | | essential. Treatment may include surgery, radiation |
| one's weight without any known effort to lose | | | | or chemotherapy. |
| weight. Once you have incurred symptoms of | | | | Mental disorders |
| rapid weight loss, you have to see a doctor | | | | Anorexia is the most common mental disorder |
| immediately. | | | | that results in rapid weight loss. Anorexia strikes |
| Has losing weight become easy for you? | | | | mostly girls and teens. It is a sickness that has |
| Have you noticed lately that you are losing weight | | | | alarmed society because of the death of a |
| even if you are not under any diet or exercise | | | | Brazilian supermodel. |
| program? Before you start celebrating, you have | | | | In medical terms, anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric |
| to be careful. Symptoms of rapid weight loss can | | | | diagnosis that describes an eating disorder |
| lead to possible complications in your body. This is | | | | characterized by low body weight and body |
| unhealthy. | | | | image distortion with an obsessive fear of gaining |
| If you are suffering from any of the following | | | | weight. |
| symptoms of rapid weight loss, you have to talk | | | | Treating anorexia is important. It has to be |
| to your doctor: | | | | detected immediately. Once you see someone |
| 1. You're not trying to lose weight. | | | | with symptoms of rapid weight loss without any |
| 2. You're trying to lose weight and suddenly lose | | | | known effort, you have to talk to her. She might |
| more than ten pounds. | | | | be needing your help. |
| What it means | | | | Detection better than cure |
| These symptoms of rapid weight loss, according | | | | Once you have notice that you are suffering |
| to Richard L. Atkinson, M.D., associate chief of | | | | from symptoms of rapid weight loss, you need to |
| staff for research and development at the | | | | see your doctor immediately. Do not celebrate |
| Veterans Affairs Hospital in Hampton, Virginia, can | | | | because you are achieving the ideal weight and |
| be symptoms of body complications that are | | | | body image as seen in the media. A healthy |
| worth checking. | | | | lifestyle is important. |
| Some of the diseases that complement with the | | | | |